Clark robinson



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MEASURING VESSEL.

No. 429,201'. PatentedJune s, 1890.

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PATENT OFFICE. f

IOIVA, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO-THIRDS TO J. IV. GRAVENS, AND FRANK PATCH,

,MEASURING-VESSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,201, dated June 3, 1890.

Application tiled October 18, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CLARK ROBINSON, ofthe town I-Iartley, in the county of OBrien and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring-Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for drawingand measuring liquids; and the object of the invention is the production of a device adapted to draw oft, measure, and discharge variable quantities of liquid.

The invention consists, essentially, in a graduatedglass cylinder provided with a piston for filling and discharging it, and having induction and eduction ports at its base controlled by arevolving disk having openings arranged to open the one while closing the other port.

My improvements are illust-rated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a front elevation of a measuring-faucet containing the improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line a; of Fig. l, showin gthe lower portion of the devices; and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the f lower portion on the line 'y y of Fig. 2`

In said drawings, 1 designates a tank or vessel of any character from which it is designed to draw oit liquid, and 2 brackets or other devices by which the faucet is attached to the vessel.

3 designates a glass cylinder supportedin a frame consisting of a top plate 5 and a baseplate 6, connected by posts 7. Vithin the cylinder is a piston S, of any suitablepmaterial, fitted tightly within the cylinder. The piston-rod 9 is formed into a rack l0, which is engaged by a pinion 11 for raising and lowering the piston. The pinion is mounted in a support l2, that is secured on the top plate 5, and a crank-handle 13 is provided for turning the pinion in either direction. In the base G are provided openin gs let and l5, the former being in communication with an inlet-pipe 16, that is inserted in the vessel from which water is to be drawn, and the latter l5 is in communication with a discharge-pipe I7. These openings let and l5 extend laterally Serial No. 327,471. (No model.)

is a spiral spring 23, that exerts expansive force against the nut and base G, thus holding the disk tightly to the base on whichit is seated. The disk is made to t water-tight upon the base, so that there can be no passage of fluid except through the ports. A handle 2t, provided on the nut, enables the disk to be turned so as to bring the inletports l-t and 16 in conjunction when the handle is turned to its limit in one direction, and when returned to the opposite lilnit serves to bring the exit-openings l5 and I7 in conjunction. The oscillation of the handle is limited by stops 25, so that the disk will be brought into proper position with each Inovement of the handle. Y

In operation, when it is designed to drawoff liquid, the handle 24. is turned to position to open the inlet-ports, the crank 13 is turned to elevate the'piston, and the suction produced thereby serves to draw in liquid through the inlet-ports to fill the chamber of the cylinder below the piston. As a means of determining the quantity of liquid in the cylinder, the cylinder itself may be provided with graduations 26, or the graduations may be-on a plate attached to one of the posts. Vhen the desired quantity of liquid has been drawn into the cylinder, the handle 24 is turned to establish communication between the discharge-openings, and the crank is then operated in reverse ,direction to depress the piston and force the liquid through the eduction-ports.

The device may be used in connection with liquid tanks, barrels, or other vessels, either by being attached directly to such vessel or by being placed in any convenient position with an inlet-pipe connecting them.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. In a n1easuring-faucet, in combination, a glass barrel and graduations whereby the quantity of liquid contained may be seen through the barrel, a piston and piston-rod, and means for operating them to snel; liquid into the barrel and eject it, heads for the barrel and posts Connecting them, induction and eduction ports provided in the lower head, a gate fitting water-tight thereon, a stem projeeting from the gate beneath the head, a handle thereon for turning it, anda spring for holding the head to the gate, Substantially as set forth.

CLARK ROBINSON.

lVitnesses:

P. Il'. GUNCKEL, E. M. SCHUMANN. 

